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Incredibly this is Ringo’s 19th solo album, recorded at his home studio in LA, expect to see appearances/contributions from Paul McCartney, Joe Walsh and Edgar Winter. There is no deluxe issue scheduled, although the CD is to feature four bonus recordings. The final bonus track ‘Back off Boogaloo’, a stand […read more…]

From the Daily Mail website ‘Holy Grail’ of Beatles records found after 50 years gathering dust in a Liverpool loft and with manager Brian Epstein’s handwriting on the label is set to sell for £10,000 Beatles record from 1962 to go on sale and is expected to sell for £10,000 […read more…]

From The Guardian The two surviving members of the Beatles have recorded music together for the first time in seven years. Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr released pictures of themselves in Starr’s home studio over the weekend. McCartney will be making a guest appearance on Starr’s latest record, a follow-up […read more…]

Dick’s Picks: This week’s pick from our man Dick is this bizarro 1978 children’s LP entitled ‘Scouse The Mouse’ featuring Ringo with Donald Pleasance, Adam Faith and Barbara Dickson Scouse The Mouse – What Is It? Firstly, for any non-UK readers a ‘scouser’ is a slang term for a Liverpudlian. The […read more…]

Prepare for a spot of time travel with this incredible collection of rare Beatles Memorabilia from a long time collector, which include several highly sought after US collectors items, a Beatles paper dress, Brian Epstein’s autograph, a first edition copy of Lennon’s Spaniard In The Works and a real Shea Stadium ticket, […read more…]

….it’s all going a bit Beatles crazy at 991.com this week, with some very rarely seen items of Beatles ’60s memorabilia, plus a SEALED (!) 1964 US copy of Meet The Beatles, a mega-rare withdrawn Japanese variant of the Damned’s ‘Damned, Damned, Damned’ LP, SEALED Kiss originals plus plenty more Beatles…..Here’s a […read more…]

….the Guardian have written a piece on ‘unpopular music opinions’ in response to the Twitter phenomenon #UnpopularMusicOpinionHour, they kicked things off with ‘Ringo was the only good Beatle’, I’m going to go for ‘Led Zeppelin are just a tad overrated and please not another remastered reissue’ (I’ll get me coat)….. …….come […read more…]

…..the first week of 2016 starts with a BANG at 991.com, with no less than FIVE super rare Michael Jackson acetates for your delectation and delight, a 1978 vintage 24 x 7″ vinyl singles Beatles box set, an original (and very hard-to-find) Badfinger ‘No Dice LP’ on Apple plus tasty second presses of the […read more…]

An auction of more than 1,300 clothes, instruments, pieces of jewellery and other items owned by Ringo Starr has raised a total of $9.2m (£6.1m). The highlight of the sale was a drum kit played by Starr on many Beatles hits,which fetched $2.1m (£1.4m). A Rickenbacker guitar once owned by […read more…]

Starr used the Ludwig kit in more than 200 performances after taking possession of it on 12 May, 1963. Last month, Julien’s Auctions sold a drum head from a kit Starr played on US television show The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964, also for $2.1m. The ex-Beatles drummer has put […read more…]

First pressing of 1968 album, assumed to be owned by John Lennon but kept in vault by Starr, expected to fetch $60,000 It’s the ultimate rock’n’roll souvenir. Ringo Starr is to auction off the first ever copy of the band’s1968 album, The Beatles, more commonly known as the White Album. […read more…]

RoR (Ringo or Robin) was a design company created by Ringo Starr and his business partner Robin Cruickshank. Formed in the early 1970’s RoR was responsible for creating a variety of items, including official Apple merchandise, along with various other boutique goods ranging from novelty executive toys and desk ornaments […read more…]

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